l66 Tlic Irish Naturalist. October, 



such entries at second-hand are not satisfactory. Access to a good ornitho- 

 logical library ought to have prevented looseness as regards certain items. 

 For instance, who would recognize under the entry " The Birds of the Co. 

 of Cork. Cork: 1894. ^'^o " Mr. Ussher's contribution to the edition 

 of Charles Smith's " Ancient and Present State of the County and City 

 of Cork," issued by the Cork Historical and Archaeological Society, of 

 which it constitutes chapter 6 of vol. ii., being entitled " A Catalogue 

 of the Birds observed in this county." One also notices with regret an 

 absence of accuracy of detail in some of the entries — for instance, " Major 

 G. E. H. Barrett-Hamilton, B.A., of Kilmarnock House " ; " Dr. More " ; 

 " R. M. Barrington, LL.D." Biography and bibliography are now-a-days 

 such exact studies that inaccuracies of this kind are to be regretted in 

 so useful a work, even though they do little to detract from its value. 



We are glad to learn (from the red slip already mentioned) that the 

 authors intend that the present volume should be followed by a Geogra- 

 phical Bibliography or " County Index," in which will be included not 

 only short titles of the books, but all articles and notes in periodicals, 

 provided they are of a faunistic nature. By being complete, a bibliography 

 gains very greatly in value. 



R. Ll. p. 



IRISH SOCIETIES. 



BELFAST NATURALISTS' FIELD CLUB. 



June 30. — Ii^xcursion to Pot of Pulgarve. — Under the conductorship 

 of A. M'l. Cleland, a party of about fifty members journeyed to Newcastle 

 lor the Pot of Pulgarve, a lovely little hollow at the head of the Glen River, 

 at the foot of the slopes of Sheve Donard and Slieve Commedagh. On 

 reaching Newcastle the party quickly traversed the town and then began 

 the long, slow climb to the Pot, reaching the latter shortly after two. 

 From here some of the more active members ascended to the summit of 

 SUeve Uonard, the majority, however, contenting themselves with a short 

 clamber up the guUcy in which llie Glen Kiver takes its rise, and where 

 some very fine examples of granite weathering were met with. Tea was 

 served in the Slieve Donard Hotel, after which the majority of the party 

 returned to Belfast by the 6.50 train. 



July I-|. — Excursion to Ballyw.\lter Park. — By permission of 

 Lad\- Hunleath, who met the party on their arrival, the grounds and 

 aviary were thrown open U) the visitors — a kindness which was much 

 appreciated. A business meeting of tlie Club was held after tea at the 

 Dunlcath Arms, at which three new members were elected. 



